Phonographic disk record cabinet



A. H; HMG. PHONOGRAPHIC DISK ecoan CABINET.

Patented N0v. 25, 1919.

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. llll Illll llll .55 25 INVENTOR A. H. HAAG.

. PHONOGRAPHIC DISK RECORD CABINET;

APPLICATION Fll .ED NOV. 29. 19161 Patented Non 25, 1919.

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WITN ESSES A. H. HAAG.

PHONOGRAPHIC DISK RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, I916.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

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INVENTOR S Y E N R O T T A A. u. HAAG. PHONOGRAPHICDISK RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29. 1916.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEYS UNITED sTaTns PATENT .oFF'TcE.

ALFRED H. HAAG, OF NE'WPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO HAAG- CABINET COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF DELA- wean.

PHONOGRAPHIC-DISK-RECORD CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25,1919.

Application filed November 29, 1913. Serial No. 184,093.

To all whom it may concern:

' which the following is a specification.

In a prior Patent No. 1,167 ,063, granted to me on January 4th, 1916, I have shown, described and broadly claimed a novel construction of a phonographic disk record cabinet, wherein the records automatically roll to the rear of the cabinet by the action of gravity and are ejected therefrom when desired by a series of manually depressed levers which are automatically reset by gravity. i D

My present invention wh1le embodying the broad principles of my patent aforesaid relates more particularly to a novel-construction of a skeleton framework and its adjuncts which contain the stationary and movable elements of my present invention, whereby I am enabled to reduce the weight as well as the expense of the die work and manufacturin cost, by eliminating various parts and I a so collocate the record tracks,

' ejector levers and rear abutments in a novel manner so as to provide novel means for enabling the same standard sized cabinet to receive either 10 inch or 12 inch records in any of the record compartments, which are all of the same maximum diameter, to wit,

the diameter appropriate for a 12 inch or larger record, the e ector levers, the record supporting and guiding means and the cushioned rear abutments being collocated in such a way that records of varying sizes are arrested by their contact with a lower abutment in which position either sized record is sustained in proximity to the terminal of its appropriate ejector lever, so that the record compartments may all be of a standard maximum area or diameter, whereby the same standard construction of cabinet is equally well adapted for the reception of and ejection from each or all of its compartments, either a 10 inch or 12 inch or larger record.

My invention further consists of novel means for inclosing, bracing and stiffening the top, ends, bottom and sides of the skeleton frame-work, composing the cabinet, so that I am enabled to use very thin material throughout the construction and yet produce a very rigid and durable device, which I have found in practice to very efliciently fill all requirements and is in addition practicall dust-proof and fool-proof.

y invention further consists in a novel means for producin the tracks or record supporting and guic ling means wherein I employ slotted front and rear plates each of which have inwardly turned stiffening flanges forming vertical seats for the deflected terminals of laterally extending partitioning rods or devices whose downwardly deflected ends engage said vertical seats, the collocation of said vertical stiffening flanges and said lateral partitioning rods resulting in a novel and unique device, which is of extraordinary rigidity and is capable of withstanding all shocks and jars of every nature during transportation, handling or other manipulation.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention,"I have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as Fig.3 represents a front elevation of Fig. 5

l, the ejector levers being removed.

Fig. 4 represents a side elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 represents a section on line 5-5 Fig. 4:.

Fig. 6 represents, on an enlarged scale, a section on line 66 Fig. 2.

Flg. 7 represents a perspective elevation of a tache position. I

Fig. 8 represents a sectlon on line 8 -8 Fi 6. 9 represents a perspective view of the outer cabinet or case with the skeleton member seen in Figs. 1, 2and 4 in position showing the doors open.

i 10 re resents a perspective view of Fi with t e doors closed.

igs. 11 to 15 represent slde elevations,

partly insection, of different embodiments of the broad principle of my invention, showing different forms of ejecting devices. Fig. 16 represents a section on lme'16-16 Fi 14. r i j ig. l7represents a section on line 17--17, Fi 16.

gimilar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures. Referring to the drawings. Imthe commercial manufacture of my device, I have made provision for the skeleton,

as seen'inFigs. 1 and 4, to be made up pref- 'erably as a unit holding fifty or more records, so as to be readily slipped into existing talking machine cabinets, or, if desired, the same unit can be placed on the market in a case or cabinet specially designed therefor as seen in Figs. 9 and 10, wherein I have shown a single unit in position in its outer cabinet or case of mahogany, oak, metal or :other material, although it will be evident that in lieu of the single unit shown, a plurality of units can be readily assembled in a suitable cabinet or case, either side by side, back to'back, or superposed on topof each other, accordin to requirements.

I will there ore first describe the manufacture and construction of a single unit of' receiving slots 2 as fifty, (twenty-five being.

shown in the present instance) it being noted that said slots are wider at their central portions 3 than at their top and bottom portions 4 and 5 respectively, so that the record grooves on either or both sides of the records will not be injured or marred during theirinsertion'into and withdrawal from the cabinet, since only the upper and lower periph-' eral portions of the records can contact with i the walls of the grooves at their upper and lower portions 4 and'5.

artitioning device employed, in de- Simultaneously with'the formation ofthe' slots 2 in the front plate 1, 1' form by'the.

shearing action of thedies or other punch-' ing members the inwardly turned outer lips or flanges 6, see Fig. 5, and the intermediate inwardl turned flanges 7, so thatbetween each pair of said latter flanges 7 is formed a vertic'al U-shaped recess or seat 8 see Fig. 8, which receives the front d'efl'ecte portion 48 of a partitionin frame .or equivalent device 9, the rear de ected portion 49 of said rod being received in a similar alining U- shaped recess 10 formed between the inwardly directed flanges or lips 11 of the rear plate 12, the latter being punched in the manner already described with reference to the front plate 1, so as to produce the slots 13, which like theslots 2 of the front plate are also wider at their centers than at their top and bottom, as in' the case of the front plate 1, seen in Figs. 1 and 3." It will be apparent from Fig. 5, that the flanges 11 of the rear plate 12, when the parts are assembled, substantially aline with the flanges 7 of the front plate, while the outer flanges 14 of the rear plate 12 are in substantial alinement with the outer flanges 6 of 'the front plate 1, it being understood that the the same appearance as the front plate I seen in Fig. 3.

set of dies or punching. devices may be employedtopunch both the front and rear plates 1 and 12. While the partitioning rame 9 may be of the same size as its front and rear portions 48 and 49 I preferably employ the construction seen in Figs. 7 and 8, wherein said front and rear portions are rear slotted plate 12 presents substantially of reduced size or flattened so that shoul ders, as 50, are provided which abut against the contiguous edges of the flanges 7 or 11', as :will be understood from Figs. 5 and 8, whereby the front and rear plates 1 and 12 are .efl'ectively braced, and prevented from inward movement. I

It will be further apparent from Fig. 5 that since the outer, inwardly deflected flanges 6 and the intermediate, inwardly deflected flanges 7, in the front plate 1 are formed simultaneously with the punching of the front grooves 2, the initial expense of production is not increased, and I thus cause the edges of the slots in the front plate to present a'neat curved or rounded and finished appearance. and furthermore there is no possibility of marring the grooves of the records during the insertion or withdrawal thereof from the device.

Furthermore, said flanges 6 and 7 and 14 and '11 have a dual function since each pair.

of the intermediate flanges 7 and '11 not only stiifens the front and rear plate but also forms J-shaped seats for the reception of 95 i It will further be apparent that the same the terminals of the guiding or partitioning frame, 9. In the case of the outer flanges 6, the latter not only stiffen the front plate but in addition form abutments for the side closures formed of the dished side plates 15, as will be understood from Figs. 1 and 4 the latter being formed of the straight port-ion or upright wall 16, which serves as a side and closure for the cabinet, while the outwardly extending front flanges 17 thereof contact with the contiguous outer edges of the plate 1, the rear flange 18 .con tacting with the rear plate 12, while the upper flanges 19 contact with the bottom of the contiguous portions 20 of the top plate 21, which has the front upwardly extending flange 22 contacting with the inner top edge of the plate 1 and the rear upwardly extending flange 23. the latter contacting with the top edge of the rear plate 12, as will be understood from Figs. 1, 2 and 4.

The lower flange 24-. of each side wall 16 contacts with the bottom plate25, which has the front flange 26 contacting with the lower inner surface of the front plate 1, while its rear flange 27 contacts with the lower, inner, bottom portion of the rear plate 12.

It will be understood from Figs. 1, 2 and 4 that not only the sides of the cabinet but the ends, top, and bottom thereof are offectively closed and braced and stiffened, so that a very rigid and durable outer inclosing substantially dust proof case is provided by the walls 16, 21 and 25.

It will be apparent that when the top and bottom flanged plates 21 and 25 and the side plates 16 are assembled with respect to the front and rear plates 1 and 12 and the transverse partitioning devices which constitute the frame 9 are placed in position with their upright portions seated in the appropriate .alining recesses, the flanges or walls of which are compressed upon said terminals by any suitable means, that the spaces-between each pair of parti tioning devices or frames 9 in conjunction with the inclined bottom or track plate 32 to be referred to, form record receiving compartments or tracks or, in other words, supporting and guiding means for closely related parallel disk records on which said records travel or rest and that further a very rigid, substantial and durable structure is produced It will be understood that the inwardly extending intermediate flanges 7 of the front plate and the inwardly extending intermediate flanges 11 of the rear plate 12 can be pinched or compressed upon the terminals 48 and 49 of the partitioning rods 9 by any suitable implement or means, so that when the parts are assembled, said partitioning devices or frame 9 give great rigidity and stiffness to the structure, said frame 9 being being understood that with respect to the rear plate 12 I simultaneously with the formation of the record receiving slots 13,-

punch the lower row of slots 30 through which the rear portions'of said ejector levers pass and in which'they are guided, it being understood that said ejector levers 29 are located in substantially horizontal alinement in a lever chamber 31, which is formed between the bottom closure or plate 25 already referred to and the upper rearwardly inclined track plate 32, best seen in Fig. 2, which is provided with the downwardly extending front and rear flanges 33 and 34:, which are secured to the inner surfaces of the front plate '1 and the rear plate 12, said rearwardly inclined plate 32 supporting all the records, and in conjunction with the pairs of partitioning rods 9 forming tracks for the records, as already explained.

I preferably locate said track plate 32, so that its front and rear ends will contact with the front plate 1 and the rear plate 12, at the lower terminus of the flanges '6 and 7 and 11 and 14, as will be understood from Fig. 2, the lower extremity of said flange 33 terminating about on a line with the upper wall of the slots 28, while the lower end of the flange 34: may terminate near the top wall of the slots 30.

All the ejector levers 29 are constructed substantially alike, each of said levers having an inner upwardly deflected terminal terminating in t e laterally deflected curved or concaved member 35, as seen in Figs. 2 and 5, while their forward ends are each provided with the tongues 36, which are adapted to receive the numbered buttons 37, said levers being fulcrumed upon a rod 38, whose outer extremities may be supported in openings 39 in the outer side plates or walls 16, it being apparent that said levers 29 are fulcrumed upon their support in advance of their center of gravity'in such a manner that their inner or rear ends will, when released, instantly drop by gravity or of their own weight automatically and will at all times, unless their forward or outer ends are depressed by a finger of the operator, rest in substantially the position seen in Fig. 2.

In order'to arrange for two lines of keys, as' seen in'Figs. 1 and 2, and to permit the rear ends 35 of the levers to clear each other and to be properly utilized, as hereafter explained, for ejecting either a 10 inch or a 12 inch record, I arrange said levers in staggered order, the fulcrum of every alternate .to instantly cause the forward movement of whic a 10 inch record, as 40, or a 12 inch or larger record, as 41., The rearward movement of a 12 inch record, as 41, will .be arrested by the abutment or cushion 47 of felt or similar material carried by the transverse bar 43 15 having the U-shaped portion 44, the latter bein supported by the side brackets 45, are provided with the flanges 46 which are secured to the rear plate 12, as will be understood from Figs. 1 and 4.

It is desirable in a device of this character to have one standard sized cabinet which is equally adaptable for the reception and ejection of both 10 and 12 inch or larger records, and to this end I provide the lower abutment 51 which is a strip of felt or a similar material supported in the transverse U or channeled bar 52 supported on the brackets 53, which are earned by the rear plate 12. The lower abutment 51 is located substantially as seen in Fi s. 1, 2, 4.and 5,

' -so as to be forward of an -out of the line of movement of theejector levers and, as

- will be ap arent from Fi 2, the upper abutment 4 and the lower a utment 51 both serve to arrest the rearward movement of the larger or 12 inch record, while the lower abutment 51 alone serves to arrest and support the smaller or 10 inch record when in its. rearmost position, said records being supported by said abutments alone.

The above 'features of enabling one standard sized cabinet .to take care of both sizes of records in Conjunction with a series of manuall operated gravity de ressed levers is broadly new, and as I am t e first .in the art to produce a device" of this character, my claims to these-features are to be interpreted with the scope awarded to inventions of this character.

.It will thus be seen that by my novel construction and collocation of the ejector levers 29 with respect to each other and tothe cushioning abutments 47 and 51, any one of the record receiving compartments is adapted for the reception or ejection of either a v 10 or 12 inch record.

I preferably locate spacing or supporting members or strips as indicated at 54 in Flg.

3 between the bottom of the rearwardly inclined track plate 32 and the bottom' plate 25 at intervals of a few inches apart, through which the fulcrum rod 38 passes upon which the levers 29 are mounted, the

object of said supporting or spacing mem' bersbeing to prevent sagging of said fulthatin the manufacture of my novel cabi net expense is reduced to a minlmum since I all the parts are produced by die work from thin sheet metal and that further the expense of dies is reduced to a minimum. .It will be apparent that by the employment of the lower buffer or abutment 51, which I preferably locate at that point in the rear of the rear plate 12 where the lower perlpheries of the records of varying sizes coincide or are in alinement when in their rearmost positlon, I am enabled to arrest the'rearward movement of a small or large record after it has rolled to the rear of the device, and to also retain the same in a po-' sition ready to be instantly ejected.

In placing my HOVGIdBVICG on the market 85 I may furnish the skeletons complete, as seen in Fig. 1, in which casetheyare adapted to be readily slid into existing cabinets or if desired I may equip an outer wooden, metal or other case 54, as seen in Fig.9, with my devce, said outer case being provided with doors 55 and a supporting base 56 upon which the skeleton seen in Fig. 1 rests. As

a convenient means of holding said skeleton in place, I make the distance between the inner surfaces of the sides 57 the same as theover all distance between the ends of the front and rear plates 1 and 12 and after the skeleton is assembledin the position seen in Fig. 9 I may, if desired, provide vertical filling strips and utilize the inner edges of the inner hinge members 58 as abutments to lock said skeleton in position and prevent it from any forward lateral movement. If

desired I may make the front plate 1 as well as the. rear plate 12, slightly concave or dished as shoWn in Fig. .11, whereby the friction between the sides of the records, particularly the 10 inch records and the record receiving compartments and their adjuncts will be somewhat reduced and the smaller records may be somewhat more easily ejected from the cabinet.

The operation is as follows The records are in practice numbered and their names and numbers are indicated upon a suitable index which may be carried on any desired portion of the cabinet-or the outer case 54 or on a door thereof, as 55. The numbered record is inserted in its ap- 'propriate slot in alinement with the properly numbered key. The records upon being inserted into their appropriate slots 2 or compartments will gently roll into their rearmost position automatically by gravity without requiring any attention on the part of the operator. A slight depress'ioniof the desired one of the numbered keys 37 will instantly propel-the record forwardly and eject the same to the maaoso desired extent from the cabinet so that it can be readily grasped by thefingers of the operator.

It will "be understood that the conti ous flanges of the front, rear, side, top an bottom plates can be united by riveting, spot welding or any other suitable means.

In the construction seen in Figs. 12 to 15, as well as in Fig. 11, already referred to, I have shown various forms of ejector levers which may be employed in conjunction with the broad principle of my invention, comprising the front and rear plates, slotted and flanged. as already described, and provided with the partitioning framev 9 and the upper and lower buffers 47 and 51, which are preferably present in all the embodiments of my invention.

In the construction seen in Fig. 12, I may locate the ejector levers, as 59, above the' records and fulcrum the same as indicated at 60, the lower terminals 61 of the ejector levers being guided in a slotted plate 62 and contacting with the rear bottom portions of the records 40 and 41 to eject the same, the bottom track plate 32 and the partitioning frames 9 forming the record supporting and guiding devices In the construction seen in Fig. 13, I may employ a plurality of elbow levers 63 fulcrumed on a rod, as 64. whose upper ends ()5 contact with and eject the record, While the lower ends 66 contact with the terminals 67 of the unitary levers 68, fulcriuned the transverse rod 69.

In the construction seen in Fig. 14, I support the lower portion of the records in or upon the grooves 70, of the tongues or resilientl y mounted arms 71, whose front ends 72 project beyond the front plate 1. and whose rear ends 73 are secured to the rear plate 12 or similar support, said tongues71being bent or curved as indicated at 74, and normally standing, as indicated in full lines in Fig. 14, so that a record'on being inserted into the structure seen in Fig. 14, will automatically roll rearwardly, and when it is desired to eject said record, it is only necessary to depress the desired resilient tongue 72. against the bottom plate 25, whereupon the record will roll forwardly and be ejected from its cabinet. the ejecting tongue 72 springing back into the position seen in Fig. 14 in full lines after the ejection of the record.

In the construction seenin Fig. 15, I provide a slightly different form of track plate 75. having the curved. portion 76, and the terminal 77 which is juxtaposed to the strip 7 S. the records when at rest being supported on said strip 78 and terminal 77, and being ejected by the lever 79 fulcrumed at the point 80.

In all the embodiments of my invention, I employ the same construction of front and rear plate and partitioning device, since it plained, that the same standard sized 'c'abinetbe adapted for the reception and ejection of the largest and smallest records with equal facility.

In the construction best seen in Figs. 2, 4 and 7, I construct the partitioning frame 9 of any suitable material, preferably in the form of a parallelogram, as described, the function of the upper or top member of the parallelogram being to afford the proper guidance of the twelve inch or even larger record particularly, while the" lower member of the parallelogram is so proportioned and collocated with respect to the front and rear plate, as to afford the proper guidance for the ten inch record, for the following reasons:

Upon passing or rolling through the rear plate, the periphery of the 10 inch record intersects a horizontal plane, which is coincident with the junction of the lower bar of the parallelogram 9, with the rear plate 12.

The outer periphery of the 10 inch record as it is ejected, intersects a horizontal plane, coincident with the junction of the lower bar of the parallelogram 9, with the front plate 1. As a result of the foregoing construction, I have found in'practice that the 10 inch record is ejected with the same facility and expedition as the larger 12 inch or even larger record, since said 10 inch record, during its forward movement, is positively guided,- during said forward travel, and there is furthermore no liability of the front periphery of the record being arrested by any contact with the inner edges of the flanges 7.

I similarly locate the upper bar or menu-- It will be understood that while I have particularly referred to the two -standard sizes of records at present generally in vogue. to wit. the ten and twelve inch records, I do not confine my invention exclusively thereto, as the same will be adapted with equal facility to records of less than ten inches in diameter or greater than twelve inches in diameter, as no changes are required in the construction of the ejector lever and the other elements other than what would be obvious to those skilled in this art.

In the embodiments of my invention seen in Figs. 2, 12 and 15, it .will be understood that the records are normally supported in their rearmost position, or when at rest, by their contact with the buffer or abutment 1, the rear or inner terminals of theejector levers being normally out of con-- 5 tact with the records until actuated toward the latter.

I am the first in'the art to emplo in a containeror ejector for disk reco s, the combination of a front and rear plate hav- 1'0 ing thereinelo ted record receiving slots of the character escribed, and I am also the first in the art to em loy the combination of the front andrear p lates having the elongated slots therein, wider. at their central portions than at their ends either with or without the laterally extending partitioning devices.

I am also the first in the art to employ'in 4 a device 'ofthis character, the front and rearplates provided with slots of the character described, :in conjunction with the rearwardly inclined track plate, and I, am. further the first in the art to employ a slotted front and -rear plate in conjunctlon with a rearwardl inclined track plate and a single lower 'bu er or abutment for arresting the rearward" movement of records of varying diameters as from seven to fourteen inches,

and my claims to all of the above features are therefore to be interpreted with the scope accorded to inventions .of this character.- 7

i I I am also the first in the art to'employ in a device of this character a horizontal seriesof vertical parallel closely related record" hol compartments all of one maximum 7 vertica dimensioman all capable of receiving and ejecting records "of different di ameters, in conjunction with a transversely extending rear bumper locatedat the point where the arcs of different sized records 1 coincide when at rest in stowed position. It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction of a phonographic disk record cabinet, which embodies the features of advantage 'enumerated as desirable in the'statement of the invention and the above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described preferred embodiments thereof which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to. be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 60 1. In a phonographic disk record cabinet, an upright front plate, an upright rear plate, 'b'oth of said plates having alining,

vertical, record receiving slots extending upper and lower rear buffers", and record therethrough for. the reception of the records, a support for the lower portions of .rear bumper located at the restin rearmost stowed position;

the records, and record ejecting means, in combination with a transversely extending int where the g arcs of different sized re'cor s coincide when at rest in rearmost stowed ition.

- 2. In a'phonographic dis .recordcabinet, an upright front late, anupright rear plate, both of said-'pates having ahning record receiving slots extending therethrough forthe reception of the records, afsu'pport for the lower portions of the records, top, bottom and end fastening means secured to said front and rear lates, and record ejecting means, in" com ination with a trans versely extending rear bum r located at'the point where the arcs of different sized records coincidewhen .at rest'in stowed pos1t1on.

rearmost s. In a phonographic disk record cabinet, I

upright front and rear plates having elon- .extending partitioning devices having their inner and outer terminals secured to said plates, and a record ejecting device, in c'om-- mation with a transversely extending rear bum er located at the point where the arcs of dlfieren't sized records coincide whenat 4. Ina phonographic disk record cabinet, an upright front plate, an upright rear plate, both of said plates having record" receiving slots extending therethrough for the reception of' the records, partitioning devices common to said plates, inclined means for supporting-the lower-portions of a record, and .a record ejecting device, in combination with a transversely extending rear bumper located at the point where the arcs 106 of different sized records coincide when at rest in rearmost stowed position..

5. In a phonographic disk record cabinet, an upright front plate, an upright rear plate, both of said plates having record re- 110 cei'ving'slots therein, a centrally located rear buffer, a lower rear buffer, and an ejecting device for a record.

6. In a phonographic disk record cabinet,- an. upright front plate, an upright rear plate, both of said plates having record re-' ceiving slots extending therethrough. for'the reception and guidance of the records, and provided with inwardly extending upright stiffening flanges, a transversely extending rear bumper located at the point where the ejecting means. 7

. portions than at thelr' ends, a-partitioning 1 lower buffer and record'ejecting means.

movement of a large record only,

8. In a phonographic disk record cabinet, w an upright front plate,

an upright. rear plate, both of said plates having record receiving slots therein wider at theircentral portionsthan at their ends, a partitioning device consist ng of laterally extending members having their ends secured in saidplates, and record ejecting means.

9. Inca phonographic (llSk record cabinet,-

an upright front plate, an upright. rear plate, both of said plates having record receiving slots therein, wider at their central device consisting of upper and lower members having plates,'a rear centrallylocated buffer, a rear 10. In a phonographic disk record cabinet, supporting and guiding means for closely related parallel disk records, a centrally located rear buffer for arresting the rearward capable of device;

cured to the inner vertical, parallel, 1 holding compartments,

12. As an. improvedlarticle'of manufac--- ture, a cabinet having a'horizontal series of s all ofbne maximum vertical d1mens1on,and all capable'of receiving and ejecting records of different extending'bumper' diameters, a transversely located at the point where .the arcs of different sized'records coincide when "at rest,,

and record ejecting means for said compartments. v

' 13. In a phonographic disk record cabinet, a front plate having a series of vertical elongated record guiding slots therein, a rear plate having also a series of vertical elongated record guiding slots therein, a rearwardly inclined track plate common to the lower portions of said front and rear plates, partitioning devices located above said track plate and having their ends sejuxtaposed portions of said front and'rear plates, and means located below said ejection .of the records.

14. In a phonographic disk record cabinet, a front plate having a series'of vertical elongatedslots therein and provided with vertical inwardly deflected stifl'ening flanges, a rear plate having a series of vertical elongated slots therein and also provided with vertical inwardly deflected stiffening flanges, partitioning devices having theirends senet, a front having a series elongated slots their ends secured in said v ends, partitioning a smaller record,

all of one 10inch or 12' bufler, and'a record-ejecting closely related record slots or effecting the -w1th said slots in said front plate,

flanges, and means located below said slots for efi'ecting the ejection of the records.

15. In a phonographic disk record cabiof vertical therein and provided with inwardly turned stifl'ening flanges, a rear having a series of vertical elongated slots therein and also provided with inwardly deflected stiifening flanges, partitioning devices having terminals, which latter are secured in the spaces between said flanges, and

means located below sald slots for efl'ecting the ejection of the records.

16. In a phonographic disk record cabinet, a front having a series of vertical elongated slots therein and provided with inwardly deflected stifl'ening flanges, a rear having a series of vertical elongated slots therein and also provided with inwardly deflected stifl'ening flanges, said slots being wider at their central portions than at their devices whose terminals are secured in the spaces between said flanges, alower rearbufl'er for arresting the rearward record, and pivotal means located below said'slots for efl'ecting'the ejection of'said records, said pivotal means having their fulcrums located in advance of their center of gravity.

' 17, In a phonographic disk record cabinet, a front plate having a series of vertical elongated slots therein, a rear plate having also a series of vertical elongated slots therein, a. rearwardly inclined track plate common to said front and rear plates, partitioning devices located above said track plate andhaving their ends secured to the inner i. 18. In a phonographic disk record cabinet, a front plate having a series of Vertical elongated slots therein and provided with vertical stiffening flanges and a lower series of shorter slots, a rear plate having a series of upper elongated slots therein and provided with vertical stifl'ening flanges and a series of lower shorter slots in alinement a partitioning frame having its ends secured in said stifi'ening flanges, and means mounted in said lower slots for effecting the ejection of the records.

19. In a phono'graphic disk record cabi net, a front plate having'a series of vertical elongated slots therein, wider at their central portions than at their ends and a lower series of shorter slots. a rear plate having a series of upper elongated slots also wider movement of a large and small and adapted to arrest the at their central" 'ortions than at their ends and having also ower slots, ,the slots in said rear plate being in alinement' with the slots net, supporting and guiding rality of unitary, independently ejector levers, ivotally mounted belowsagid guiding means, the rear't'er 0 sa1 e in said 'front plate,- a bottom'track plate common to said front and rear plates, guidpartitionin devices. having their ends 'secured in t e spaces between said'vertical flangesgan abutment secured t'oflthe lower portion of said rear plate and ada ted to arrest the rearward movement of ten inchand a twelve inch record, and means located below said slots for effecting the ejection of said records.

'21. .In a phonographic means for closely related parallel diskreoords, a plusupporting an minal of each d vers being deflected. toward and juxtaposed to the record to ,be ejected, and a lower abutment located in proximity to the rear terminals of said ejec- ,tor levers for arresting the rearward movev ment of both a .ten inch and a twelve inch record.

supporting and 2 In a hono ra hie disk record cabinet, supporting and guiding means for closely related parallel disk records, a plu- I'ality of unitary, independently operable, ejector levers, pivotally mounted below-said ding means, the rear ter minal of eaeh 0 said levers being deflected toward and juxtaposed. to the record: to be ejected, an upper abutment for arresting the rearward movement ofthe twelve inch records only, and a lower abutment located in advance .of the rear terminals of said ejector'leversifor arresting the rearward movement of both ten inch and twelve inch rec-.

ords, the rearward movement of said ten inch records being arrested. by said ewer abutmentonl I 23. In a photogra' hi'c disk record cabinet, .supporting, an 'uiding means for closely related parallelli rality ofunitary, inde endently operable, ejector levers, mounted below said supporting and guiding means and fulcrumed in advance of their center of gravity, so that the rear ends'of said-levers automatically drop upon being released, the. rear terminal of each 'i levers being deflected toward th a disk record;

sk records, a plu-- and to the record'to be ejected,

and a lower abutment located in proximity to the inner rear terminalsof said levers for a ten inchand atwelve inch record, said abutment extending transversely at the point where the lower'inner peripheries of the large and small records aline when at rest.

24. Ina phonographic disk record cabinet, supportingand guiding means for closely related "parallel disk records, a lu-' rality of unitary, independently opera 1e,

jarresting the rearward movementof both a ejector levers, mounted below said supportmg and guicing means and fulcrumed in advanced their center of gravity, so that the rear ends of said levers automatically drop upon being released, the rear terminal of each of said levers being deflected toward and juxtaposed to the record to be ejected,

'an'upper abutment for arresting the rear ward -movement of the twelve inch records only, and a lower abutment located in advance'of the rear terminals of said ejector levers for arresting the rearward movement of both ten inch and twelve inch records, the rearward movement of said 'ten-inch records being arrested by said lower y abutment only. 25, Inna p otographic disk record cabinet; a' fron't and afrear having elongated record receiving slots extending therethrough, laterally extending partitioning devices common to said front and rear,v thereby orining a -,ho1'izontal series of vertical, parallel-closely related record holding compartments all of onemaximum vertical dimension and all capable of receiving and eject records of varying diameters, a lower rear abutment located at a point wherethe lowerrear inner peripheries of the large and small records aline when'at rest, and a support for the bottoms ofsaidrecords.

' 26. In a phonographie disk record ca'bi net, a front and a rear having elongated.

record receiving slots extending therethrough, laterally extending partitionin devicesjcommon to said front and rear, t ereby forming a horizontal series of vertical, parallel closely related record holding compartments all of one maximum vertical dimension and all capable of receiving and ejecting records of varying diameters, a lower rear abutment located at a point where the lower rear inner peripheries of the large and small records aline when at rest, and

a support for the bottoms of said records,

in combination with means for ejecting a desired record' 27. In a phonogra hic disk record.cabi net, supporting an guiding means for closelyrelat'ed parallel disk records of different diameters, means for ejecting a desired record, and a rear lower transverse abutment located at a point where the lower rear inner peripheries of the large and small I records alin'e when at rest, for arresting the rearward movement of both the large and small records.

28. As an improved article of manufacture, a cabinet having a. horizontal series of vertical record receivin compartments, all of one maximum vertica dimension, and capable of receiving and ejecting records of maximum and diameter, said com- 10 partments having front and rear vertical record receiving slots, 'a support for said records, and a transverse rear abutment located at the point Where the rear inner peripheries of the different sized records aline, when at rest.

I v ALFRED H. HAAG;

-Witnesses: I

E. HAYWARD FAIRBANKS, FRANK F. SLocoMe. 

